Tuesday, May 29, 2012

[INTERVIEW] Heartstring's Star, Park Shin Hye's Interview

PART IDuring
the interview, Park Shinhye kept giving out happy virus with her cute
way of speaking and expressive faces. She showed her bright and healthy
appeals with the role of Go Minam in the drama “You're Beautiful”, and
also as “Gyu Won” in the drama “Heartstrings”. Lee Gyu Won is a college
girl who suffers for the future path between gayageum and musical, and
also experiences her first love. Park Shinhye provided a sense of
affinity to Gyu Won. Park Shinhye plays her roles perfectly and adds her
individuality to her roles. We interviewed Park Shinhye who grew up
from a child actor to “the next generation Hallyu queen”.Interviewer (I): I had an interview with Jung Yonghwa ssi yesterday, and he complimented about you.PSH:
He actually said the interview was fun, and he also told me that he had
complimented about me. So I complained to him saying “why did you do
that!? I was gonna tell your secrets!”Lol.

I: Do you often call him? PSH: Not on the phone but on the Kakaotalk. Jung Yonghwa ssi is a normal boy who talks on the Kakaotalk with the iPad. LOL

I: You seemed to be busy after the drama “Heartstrings”. You went to Ghana for KFHI volunteer work, right?PSH:
I think it’s after “You are beautiful”, I lose my strength after I
finish filming each work. I feel like dragging on the role. (It’s like
I’m still in that role.) Actors often travel after they finish their
filming, don’t they? I also thought I would go traveling, but then I got
opportunities of doing volunteers, so I chose volunteers instead of
traveling. I went to Nepal after “You are beautiful”, and this time was
Ghana. After I became an honorary ambassador for the non-profit
organization, 'KFHI' (Korean Food for the Hungry International), I
learned once again that there are so many children who suffer from
hunger. That’s why I thought I should go.

I: That must have been a precious experiment.PSH:
Children in Ghana are very good children. The time when I went to Ghana
was the rainy season and the most affluent season that comes only twice
a year. And during the other dry season, they have nothing… This time I
could see children running in the green. Even though every child is so
skinny without enough food, they are so bright. Seeing those children, I
received big courage, and I also handed them my warm feelings.

I: You said “dragging on the role.” How is it like? PSH:
Both Minam and Gyuwon are very cheerful and bright. And these parts are
very similar to me. That’s why I often get confused if I was Minam or
Park Shinhye. Besides, when I played Gyuwon, I worked with same aged
co-actors (same situation when I was Minam), so that made me more
confused and dragged me on the role after a while, I guess.

I:
Minam’s character was like a character from a comic. In contradiction
to Minam, Gyuwon was close to the reality. Did that part also appeal to
you? PSH:
Yes, that’s right. Minam is an ideal character, like everyone’s dream.
Her job is a talent too. In the other hand, Gyuwon has a charm that
people can think “Ah, there are this kind of girls. I know someone like
her!” I wanted to make Gyuwon to be thought “I wanna go out that kind of
girl”, “I want a younger sister like her” or “I want to be her friend”.
So I tried to add a human touch to Gyuwon, and was satisfied with the
character too.

I: Did you reflect your personalities and habits to the character? PSH: Well, Gyuwon walks very lively… I do that sometimes and I have a virile face too…

I: Was that your usual way to walk? PSH:
A… That’s not true. LOL. But I didn’t overstrain myself to walk like
that. I used to get nervous in front of cameras, but I can relax these
days. I became more natural than before. I think I have many ways of
reaction and face expressions from the beginning, so I can naturally
show reactions that fit cast mates’ acting. And that is similar to
Gyuwon.

PART III:
Gyuwon often falls or slips and she’s scatterbrain. Are these parts
similar to you too? I imagined that you are a meticulous person because
your blood type is A.PSH:
No, I’m not meticulous. Hahaha. Since I’m so naughty, so my male
co-actors often tell me I’m tomboyish. I have a girlish face too, but I
always bob and weave, walk around alone and bump. So people often say
“you are originally feminine, so please, please stay still”. Lol I think
I have both faces.

I: Gyuwon has good relationships with her father and grandfather. How about you as a daughter or a granddaughter? PSH:
Same as the drama. When I went to my hometown, Gwangju, I always
watched TV sitting on my grandpa’s knee and said “Grandpa～, hurry. It’s
time for dinner”. When I was a child, I often placed myself between dad
and mom, and let my father carry me in his arms. I still do it, not as
much as in the past though. I still often follow (stick) my father. He’s
very tall. When I have fights with my mother, I sometimes tell about it
to my father.

I:
Gyuwon is the girl who majors in the Korean traditional instrument-
gayageum. I heard you’ve learned how to play and got blisters on your
fingers from the gayageum practices. PSH:
I started learning it one month before the filming started. I practiced
it three times a week. I got blisters on my fingers in the beginning,
so I wore a bandage. But I took it away, since it broke the mood.

I: Do you always prepare eagerly for your roles?PSH:
Yes. Whatever it is, I do them thoroughly. It doesn’t matter if it’s a
week, a month or year. I do it until I get fed up, and when I think it’s
enough, I challenge something new.

I: Did you get interests in the Korean traditional music and gayageum from this drama? PSH:
I’ve always loved samulnoli (사물놀이) and traditional Korean music. On the
set of “Heartstrings”, I often asked one of my seonbae in 風花("The
Windflower"-Gyuwon's band) who played the gayageum with 25 strings
(usually gayageum has 12 strings) to play gayageum and listened to it. I
used to learn ballet before, and at that time, I wanted to learn
traditional Korean dance. Everyone suggested I learn ballet, so I
couldn’t learn at that time though.

I: There was a scene of Gyuwon singing from the first episode. Was it a lot of pressure for you?PSH:
I’d already finished recording before the filming, and at the filming
the song recorded was played. So I wasn’t pressured. Besides, I did it a
lot in “You are beautiful.”

I: This time you sang for the OST again with the song called “The day we fall in love”. Was there enough time for practice? PSH:
There was little time for practice. Maybe one or two days… ? But since
the production of the OST was the same as “You are beautiful” (=FNC
MUSIC), and the CEO Han Seung Ho ssi knew my favorite type and style of
music well, so recording went well. We also did sound check when I had
vocal training. Well, I think I’m linked to FNC MUSIC by fate. The song
has a good mood, but I had a hard time recording because I had a cold at
that time. It’s a pity I would have done better… maybe..

I: How did you feel when you heard the recorded song? PSH: Ah～ That’s my voice. Lol

I: It was your second time co-acting with Jung Yonghwa ssi. Did he change? PSH:
I thought “He has grown up” in a good sense. “You are beautiful” was
the first work for Yonghwa, and he was a real freshman. He had a
difficult time not knowing what and how to do at that time, but this
time he did easily what he used to struggle. So I thought “he’s totally
different from that time”. Maybe since he’s been appearing on many
variety programs and shows as a singer, he has now an instantaneous
force, so I thought “well, I should learn from him”. I don’t appear on
variety programs at all, so I don’t have so many instantaneous forces.
His attitude about analyzing and learning act have also changed a lot.

I: How about his human qualities? Did they change? PSH: No, I don’t think so. Same as before. Gentle, bright and a mood-maker.

I: The relationship not only with Yonghwa ssi but with Jang Keunsuk ssi and Lee Hongki ssi is still good, isn’t it? PSH:
Yes. They are all my precious company. Not only I do think so, but the
others think the same, I believe. At that time, we really worked as one,
so we have a special relationship. Of course “Heartstrings” is the
same.

I:
I watched NG scenes (BTS). You and Yonghwa ssi were awkward while you
were filming romantic scenes. Was it hard because you two are very good
friends? PSH:
Yes, it’s true. Actually it’s weird that we filmed that kind of scenes.
We usually joke with each other. When I say “hey～, stop it～” in a
dialect of Busan on purpose, he responses “what are you～? (너뭐야～？)” in a
dialect too. Our relationship is like that. So, it’s of course awkward
that we shyly held hands in front of the camera! I even once said
“Yonghwa, this scene is impossible!”

I: In which romantic love scene did you make NGs most? PSH:
I think it was the scene when Yonghwa said the line “you’ve fallen for
me, haven’t you?” When the director said “cut”, every staff’s reaction
was like “gah (goose-bumpy)” …

I: The scene when you two ate Ramen was very natural. Was it an improvisation (ad-lib)? PSH:
Yes, it was an improvisation. There were lines in the first half, but
the director didn’t say “cut” after we’d finished our lines. The camera
was still filming us too. So I made him eat an egg saying “ok, you eat
this egg”, and we kept acting.

I: I got touched by the scene you sang crying behind the stage of the 100th anniversary performance. PSH:
At that time I was feeling emotionally overwrought, and couldn’t think
about other things. When I was filming tears dropped naturally.

PART IIII:
When I was on the set, I saw Shinhye ssi started crying as soon as the
filming started. You can cry so well, but you say “I’m not good at
crying act”. PSH:
I started acting when I was a child, but at that time I didn’t know how
to express emotional scenes well. It didn’t matter if I did how
directors told me or considered by myself, I could not do well. I tended
to play roles that were older than my actual age, but I didn’t know
wistfulness of love or sadness of losing a loved one at all. Besides,
actors have to cry beautifully, so that was hard too. I was often
scolded by directors about that, so it became the trauma for me. The
mental pressure like “I have to cry well”, I guess. It is recently said
that “Shinhye is good at crying”, but I actually have very hard time
thinking all day about that scene on the shooting day. Even Yonghwa who
is always playful, doesn’t tease me on those days.

I:
At first Gyuwon disliked Shin, then she started liking him after she’d
seen him singing. Do you also instantaneously fall in love or find
someone’s appeal? PSH:
It happens when I look into someone’s eyes. I think. It might be the
look in one's eyes? I’m now talking facing with you (the interviewer)
too, and I think it is very important. It is difficult to empathize with
each other, isn’t it? I think there are surprisingly many people who
talk not looking into people’s eyes. I think they are not shy
(embarrassed) but not used to it. But I like to talk looking into the
other person’s eyes, so for me eyes are important.

I: I think normal early 20’s girls do care appearances. PSH:
I like people (men) who smile with eyes and whose smiles are beautiful.
I want to meet men like that. Well, I think I’ve grown up enough for
that, but I haven’t met…

I: The communication among the band “wind flowers” looked very natural. Are you girls close in the real life too? PSH:
Seonbaes of “wind flowers” are older than me, so they treated me
kindly. They supported and cared about me a lot. I still keep in touch
with Im Se Mi seonbae (the role of Bowoon), and we decided to go to a
zoo with lunch boxes～!

I:
Gyuowon’s college-girl-fashion with long skirts, sneakers and backpacks
became popular. Did you provide your ideas of styling? PSH:
Stylists provided ideas, but I also joined. Our goal was “let’s make
styling that are seen among real college girls!” So, I didn’t wear high
heels. It’s impossible to run with gayageum in high heels, right? When I
told them instead of high heels, I prefer long skirts, sneakers or
loafers and backpack. I was told “girls nowadays don’t wear like that”.
In the half beginning of the drama, people wondered “why is Shinhye
wearing those kinds of clothes”. However, it slowly got interests and
college girls imitated Gyuwon’s fashion at the end.

I: You appeared with long hair late in the drama, and that was your idea, right?PSH:
I wanted to show the time passage, so I thought I’d better change my
hair style. Well, Gyuwon in the beginning was cheerful with wavy bobbed
hair, but I wanted to make Gyuwon one year later mature. There were
wistful feelings for Shin and time passages during that one year, so I
decided to change the length of my hair. I:
I was very worried that you had an accident during the drama filming.
You returned to the set a few days after the accident, but I believe
that was very hard. PSH:
I felt “Oh, it’s different from how I was before the accident”. I had a
hard time, because I got easily pain after I moved a bit, and my body
got exhausted so fast. Since I was sitting cross-legged, I got all the
impacts on my knees. So after that my feet get swollen easily if I keep
standing for a long time or if I overwork. Bruises didn’t go away for a
while too. That’s why I had to wear long skirts. Gyuwon’s fashions’
basic item was a long skirt, but before the accident I sometimes wore
one-piece. People who didn’t know about the accident wondered “why does
she always wear long skirts in such a hot summer?”.

I: I believe cheers from fans encouraged you. PSH:
I got lots of cheers from viewers and fans. And I was encouraged by
staffs a lot. People whom I contact directly are the director and staffs
at the set. They cared about me so much, so I’m still very grateful.
The number of scenes of crying got increased in the late of drama. There
was a day I had to film crying scenes all day on the set, and staffs
prepared so well not to take long for me.

I: You must have been suffered from hotness. PSH:
The dramas and movies which I worked tended to start filming in winters
and end in springs or start in falls and end in winters. “Cyrano
Agency” (’10) started shooting in March and ended in May, so that means
it had ended before the hot summer came. So it was my first time filming
in the hot summer, and I thought “summer is also hard!”. It was good
that we could film the day scenes for a long time in the summer, but it
was sooooo hot!

I: I heard the mood of the set was really good. What were the reasons? PSH:
There was no one who thinks only about themselves. Things don’t go well
if people think about their pros and cons a lot, but everyone from this
drama was thinking others more than about themselves. Even when we made
personal statements, we tried not to make troubles for others. Since
the center of this drama was young casts, if we hadn’t had seonbaes’
cooperation, the situation must have been more difficult. Song Chang Ui
seonbae, So Yi Hun seonbae and every other cast and staff backed up us
and lead us. I think it was very hard for seonbaes too, but they worked
hard silently. All the staffs were very friendly from the very first day
of shooting. It’s usually awkward at the first meets. But for my
surprise, when I said “good morning” on the first day of shooting, the
friendly reply saying “ hi～, good morning!” came back. So at that
moment, I thought “the mood of this drama is different!”.

I: Would you tell us the appeals of the drama?PSH:
First of all, it’s very fresh and balmy. It differs from “You are
beautifull” that this drama is more realistic, and it makes you more
imagine and more excited. I think everyone has memories of first love,
and this story could happen to anyone. I think this drama is the drama
that makes viewers totally absorbed in. There is an expression often
used “viewers possess the characters (viewers start thinking themselves
as if they are the characters of dramas)”. I think this drama is
certainly that kind of drama, and it’s also my wish. I:
After “You are beautiful”, your popularity in Asia has grown so much
that you are now called “Next generation Hallyu queen”. Do you feel your
popularity by yourself?PSH:
To be honest, I don’t have actual feeling yet. Because, I haven’t held
my own fan meetings or something like that yet. However, when I went to
Ghana for the volunteer, I went there by way of Dubai, and there were
some people who recognized me. That was wondering for me. By using
twitter, etc, I had known there were fans in Singapore, but never
imagined there were in Dubai. I realized how big the influence of “You
are beautiful” is.

I: You have transformed a lot since your debut. What kind of figures do you want to show in the future?PSH:
Well, I feel a bit strange hearing that kind of questions. I don’t have
any specific direction (category). I just let it be, and I want to show
my natural figures. I’m very glad being told that I transformed
naturally from a child actor to a matured actress. I think it made
better that I didn’t try too hard to act grown-up. I want to continue to
choose works that fit me. I want to try action, suspense and heavy soap
operas too, but it’s not that easy. So I’ll take time and challenge.

I: Would you give greetings for Japanese fans who cheer you?PSH:
I receive many letters from Japanese fans, and messages on twitter too.
I sometimes tweet in Japanese. But I haven’t had chances to talk face
to face. I want to see each other soon. If it’s possible during my drama
(“Heartstrings”) is being broadcasted… Please, wait a bit! I will
continue to appear in works without stopping, so please look forward.
Please give a lot of love to “Heartstrings” too!

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